Insider threat: A critical review of the literature

Threat from internal sources is one of the most serious problems organizations word-wide encounter nowadays as it is difficult to overcome. Currently, all organizations and sectors are facing the insider threats' problems to computer assets. This paper presents a descriptive literature review a...

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Main Authors: Munshi, Asmaa, Issa, Tomayess
Other Authors: Piet Kommers
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IADIS Press 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25827
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description Threat from internal sources is one of the most serious problems organizations word-wide encounter nowadays as it is difficult to overcome. Currently, all organizations and sectors are facing the insider threats' problems to computer assets. This paper presents a descriptive literature review about insider threat and some classification, for example: insiders and insider threat definitions, and the classification of the insider attack. Moreover, the paper aims to examine the current and previous academic literature to identify the risks associated with insider threats, and finally, it describes some of the previous insider threat models and some of the future research ideas.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-258272023-02-02T07:57:40Z Insider threat: A critical review of the literature Munshi, Asmaa Issa, Tomayess Piet Kommers Tomayess Issa Pedro Isaias insider threat insider threat behavior and insider taxonomy Threat from internal sources is one of the most serious problems organizations word-wide encounter nowadays as it is difficult to overcome. Currently, all organizations and sectors are facing the insider threats' problems to computer assets. This paper presents a descriptive literature review about insider threat and some classification, for example: insiders and insider threat definitions, and the classification of the insider attack. Moreover, the paper aims to examine the current and previous academic literature to identify the risks associated with insider threats, and finally, it describes some of the previous insider threat models and some of the future research ideas. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25827 IADIS Press restricted
spellingShingle insider threat
insider threat behavior and insider taxonomy
Munshi, Asmaa
Issa, Tomayess
Insider threat: A critical review of the literature
title Insider threat: A critical review of the literature
title_full Insider threat: A critical review of the literature
title_fullStr Insider threat: A critical review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Insider threat: A critical review of the literature
title_short Insider threat: A critical review of the literature
title_sort insider threat: a critical review of the literature
topic insider threat
insider threat behavior and insider taxonomy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25827